Pessary



(No Model.)

CQM. CANNON & J. H, HELD. PESSARY.

No., 547,625. Patented Oct. 8, 18-95.

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1 N I I L 1 I a I Z Z/a eir Hiiorzzqy 124 4% 4 4wv4aWm I UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICEQ CHARLES M. CANNON AND JULIUS H. HELD, OF ST. PAUL,MINNESOTA.

PESSARY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 54?,625, dated October8, 1895.

Application filed June 15 1895. Serial No. 562,877. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, CHARLES CANNON and JULIUS H. HELD, citizens of theUnited States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and Stateof Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPessaries; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to instruments for the treatment of femalediseases, and is in the nature of a pessary adapted for insertion intothe meatus or mouth of the uterus or womb. This pessary, as preferablyconstructed, is provided with an open cavity for the reception of anantiseptic or other medicament.

The preferred form of the device is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein, like letters referring to like parts throughout theseveral views- Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing the pessarysubstantially in full size. Fig. 2 is a like perspective view of thepessary with the cap or tip of the same removed, and Fig. 3 is anenlarged central longitudinal section through the device.

I) b I) indicate the pessary, of which I) is the neck or body portion, ba removable cap provided with any desired number of small endperforations b and having screw-threaded engagement b with the sectionb, and b is a flanged head at the outer head of the bulb. In thisconstruction the neck portion 1) is made hollow by a longitudinalpassage or cavity 19 which is shown as contracted at b By removing thecap at b the forward portion of the cavity 12 maybe filled with a spongec or other absorbent material which is saturated with an antiseptic orother medicament.

The pessary is placed in working position by inserting the neckportion 1) into the meatus or mouth of the uterus or womb with theflanged head 6 of the same bearing against the 0s or apex of the womb toprevent the pessary from being drawn into the womb. It will be notedthat the inner or cap end of the neck portion 1) of the pessary islarger than that part which is nearer to the flanged head 12 This holdsthe pessary in position in the mouth of the womb. It will be noted thatas the sponge or absorbent material 0 in the cavity b is tightly packedagainst the contracted portion 11 all circulation directly through thebulb will be thereby stopped. The device may be readily placed inposition by a physician or any one skilled in these matters. The bulb ispreferably made of vulcanized rubber, but may be made of any othersuitable materialsuch as aluminum, glass, celluloid, &c.and is adaptedto be worn for days at a time without removal.

It will be understood, of course, that various alterations in thedetails of construction of our pessary might be made without departingfrom the principles of our invention.

What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1.. A pessary comprising the neck portion having the cavity for thereception of the medicament, the removable perforated cap at its innerend, and the flanged head at its outer end, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. A pessary comprising the neck portion 1), provided with the cavity Inand the flanged head b and the removable cap I) with perforations b andscrew threaded engagement b substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony whereof we afflx our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES M. CANNON. JULIUS H. HELD. Witnesses:

OHAs. F. KILGORE, P. D. MERCHANT.

